Shirt



(No Model.)

B. H. HUTGHINSON.

SHIRT.

No. 286,011. Patented 001;. 2-, 1883.

WITNESSES: INVBNTOFL NTTED STATES PATENT Trice.

ROBERT H. HUTCl-IINSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,011, dated October2, 1883.

Application filed March 17, 1883.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1; ROBERT H. HUToI-HN- soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the iollowingis a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to produce a shirt which isadapted to two or more approximate sizes of collars, at the same timeallowing the collars to be worn higher or .lower on the neck; to whichend it consists in a shirt having its bosom provided with a centralbutton-hole below the ncckband, and having attached to the bosom in rearof such button-hole a tabwhich also is provided with a button-hole, sothat if a collar-button is inserted in the button-hole of the tab it maybe thence, brought into thebutt-on-hole of the bosom or brought higherup into a notch formed in the shirt-bandnamely, by making the band intwo parts as hereinafter more fully set forth.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 a vertical central section of the toppart of the bosom. Fig. 3 shows the tab having a vertical button-hole.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the body of the shirt; B, its bosom, and O theneckband.

I) indicates the button-hole of the bosom, which is formed in thecentral line thereof next or adjacent to the neckband; and E denotes thetab which is attached to the bosomin rear of the button-hole D, andprovided with a button-hole, G. This tab is made of triangular or othersuitable shape, and is attached to the shirt-bosom along its lower part,as at 0, while its button-hole is formed in its upper,

part and in the vertical line of the button-hole D of the bosom.

The letter 0 indicates the two parts or sections of the shirt-band.These parts are arranged to meet in the vertical central line of (Nomodel.)

the shirt-bosom and are both rounded or tasize and lower upon the neck,the button is placedinto the button-hole of the bosom,

which can be done by removing the button from the tab entirely, the tabdro )ping down out of sight, or by leaving the button in the tab, inwhich case the tab merely folds on itself; or, if the button-hole G ofthe tab is made perpendicular, as shown in Fig. 3, in

distinction from across the tab, as in Figs. 1 and 2, the collar-buttonmay be slidin the button-hole to its upper and lower positions withoutremoval therefrom or any adjustment of the tab. the upper edge of acontinuous neclcband or in the upper edge of the bosom, in which lattercase the parts of the band terminate at the ends of the notch withoutmeeting. It is preferred, however, to produce the notch in the mannershown.

An important advantage gained by making the shirt-band in two parts isthat it allows the use of waste pieces of material, and this feature isapplicable to a shirt without the tab E, but including the button-holeof the bosom. The band so made also fits the neck in a superior manner,dueto the fact that it is not liable to pucker or fold, while by thetapering of the bandsections they are not liable to show when the collaris in the lower position.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. A shirt having its bosom provided with the central button-hole, D,and its neckband provided with the central notch, s, in combination withthe tab havinga button-hole, G,

The notch s can also be formed in in line with the button-ho1e of thebosom and and the notch of the band, substantially as and I0 the notchof the band, substantially as and for for the purpose described. thepurpose described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 2. A shirthaving its bosom provided with my hand and seal in the presence of twosubthe central button-hole, D, and its neckband scribing witnesses.

made in two parts, meeting in the central line ROBERT H. HUTCIIINSON. [us of the bosom and forming the notch s, in COlIl- Witnesses:

bination with the tab having a button-hole, CHAS. WAHLERs,

G, in line with the button-hole of the bosom E. F KASTENHUBER.

